From the USA Dance President

By Chuck Garrett
Contributing Author
Updates: The National Treasurer and Special Needs Director have been announced.

Greetings USA Dance Members,

Please help me welcome the following individuals to our leadership team! I am very excited about the valuable contributions they will provide towards the growth of USA Dance, Inc.

Treasurer

We are pleased to announce that Spencer Chang is now the Treasurer for USA Dance. This will be Spencer’s second time to serve as our treasurer.

You may contact Spencer at treasurer@usadance.org.

Special Needs Director

We are also pleased to announce that Angel Raphael Brana-Lopez is now the Director for our Special Needs program. His charge is two-fold:

1) to develop social dance programs for special needs dancers in our chapters.

2) to develop a competitive DanceSport program with an eye toward the Special Olympics World Games.

You may contact Dr. Brana-Lopez exceptionaldance@usadance.org.

Great team formation performance at the 2025 USA Dance Nationals. Photo by Jay Kuntz.

I encourage everyone to take great pride in our organization. It is made up of more than 5,600 members and volunteers who are empowered to dance, an activity we all love. 

USA Dance is on the Move!

Chuck Garrett

President, USA Dance

president@usadance.org

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